Study finds predicting teenage binge-drinking is possible

Neuroscientists at UCD say that predicting binge-drinking in adolescents is possible.

The study, which is the largest longitudinal adolescent brain imaging study that has been carried out, found that a large number of factors, including brain function, personality, life experiences and genetics contribute to future binge-drinking in young teenagers.

The results are said to be about 70 percent accurate.